Sending Universities

Part of one of Japan's most prestigious private schools, Kwansei Gakuin University's School of International Studies creates multi-skilled world citizens who can understand and analyze international affairs.
During their four years at SIS, students learn languages to an advanced level and examine Japan and the world through an individually crafted degree program that reflects their interests in either North American or Asian Studies. Within these two courses, they choose subjects from three disciplines: cultures and languages, societies and politics, and economics and management. Language education in small-group exercise-based classes is paramount, with SIS offering specialized courses in English, and other classes and seminars in Japanese or English.

An holistic education facility that takes students from high school to graduate school, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies is guided by its founding ideals of achieving "World Peace through Languages." By teaching eight languages and their associated cultures, KUFS develops individuals who appreciate that lifelong learning will deliver them to the expert knowledge they need to positively influence international society. KUFS graduate schools focus on educational research in both linguistics and intercultural communication, culture, and customs. And its Japanese Studies Center for International Students helps foreign students begin or deepen their Japanese skills and knowledge as they work on enriching hands-on projects with Japanese students, or - for those with greater proficiency - by participating in other KUFS courses.

A flagship comprehensive national university, Daegu Metropolitan City is a global, knowledge-oriented institution with impressive results on the world stage. US News and World Report has ranked KNU the top national university and 10th in Korea in the ‘Best Global College’ category. Its prolific research-paper publication makes it the leading national university in Korea. Having grown from an amalgamation and upgrade of Daegu’s colleges of education, medicine, and agriculture, KNU now has four campuses in Gyeongbuk province and offers courses in liberal arts, sciences, law and political sciences, engineering, and dentistry. Strong international relationships make it appealing for exchange students, who can complement their study with a part-time internship in a Korean workplace where English is the language of communication.

Lanzhou University is a major research university in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China. Founded in 1909, it is one of the key universities under China's Ministry of Education (Project 985 & Project 211). It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University. Lanzhou University was one of the first universities entitled to enroll Bachelor Master's and Doctoral degree candidates in 1981. Lanzhou University is one of the top ten universities in contributions to academic publications in international journals frequently cited by ongoing research from around the world.

With graduates ranging from Japanese prime ministers to manga and martial artists, prominent Meiji University produces graduates who perform successfully on the world stage. Following its guiding principles of "Rights, Liberty, Independence and Self-government", Meiji has become Japan's top study destination and most desirable university and is one of the nation's Global 30 Project universities. 
Its numerous academic schools, graduate schools, world-class research centers, and museum dedicated to anime and manga continue to adhere to Meiji Law School's 1881 founding mission: "To foster bright capable youths who would lead a modern civil society in Japan." Centrally located in Tokyo, Meiji is ideally placed for visitors from its numerous partner institutions and international students taking any of its 200 Japanese language classes.

Grown from its roots as Musashi High School, the first seven-year high school in Japan, Musashi University has three goals – independence, dialogue, practice – which guide the education in its faculties of economics, humanities, and sociology, and graduate schools of economics and humanities. With its clear purpose of “training global citizens with a firm grounding in liberal arts education,” Musashi University stresses the importance of ongoing foreign-language education and small seminar classes in which students and faculty can forge effective relationships. 

A private, Christian university, Myongji University started life as a women's college. It has grown into a celebrated center of engineering, science, and humanities education, with a Social Science Campus in Seoul and a Natural Science Campus in Yongin. MU lauds and nurtures research in computing, engineering, and biosciences in its state-of-the-art of laboratories. Myongji University has international exchange agreements with numerous institutions and its International Graduate School offers a number of intercultural studies and engineering design and management courses taught in English.